Example sentences of "be more " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Well , they 're more educational than Lucky Star or True Romance , Mrs Cornforth . ’ |
| 2 | There were an awful lot of nice people working in the building , but there is sometimes a certain tone in your voice , a clouded look in your eye , which gives the impression that you 're more likely to be a client than a colleague . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're more transportable and sustainable , ’ David Gardner said . |
| 4 | But in a place like this you 're more likely to turn from grand vacuous profundities to the rich detail around you — to the thriving , rare colony of alpine chickweed , for example , the lacy white delicacy of which brings this grey June landscape alive to the attentive eye . |
| 5 | NB If you 're more used to working with computers , you 'll find that there 's a wide choice of basic payroll software available . |
| 6 | It 's great to have a dog I reckon — they 're more fun than cats . |
| 7 | We 're more patient , too . |
| 8 | But it makes sense to limit your activity — if you exercise outdoors when air quality is poor , you 're more likely to suffer adverse effects . |
| 9 | We 're more lyrical , more relaxed , less aggressive ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We 've proved we can do it , and we 're more innovative at the moment than the Americans , ’ says Steve , who admits his career would have been far more difficult without the success of groups like Soul II Soul . |
| 11 | Though traps can cope with a wider range of exhaust effluent , they 're more expensive and hard to maintain satisfactorily . |
| 12 | If they feel reasonably safe about appointing you , you 're more likely to get the job than somebody they do n't know . |
| 13 | If you do n't drive yourself too hard you 're more likely to survive . |
| 14 | Restaurants range from the good to the fast food variety ; if you 're more concerned with ambience , then choose one in the old port area . |
| 15 | ‘ Because they 're more interested in ideas , in feelings , than in the way machines work . ’ |
| 16 | If you are very close and the danger shows in your photos they 're more likely to be used . |
| 17 | And you 're more likely to be accepted by your peers . |
| 18 | Of course , if you 're more comfortable in a lounge suit or twin-set and pearls , prefer eggs and bacon for breakfast , insist on using the same boring toothbrush day and night , and like to take baths alone , then you can go to the Hilton . |
| 19 | If your fill is also a bit dodgy you 're more susceptible to CO poisoning , with the risk of blacking out underwater . |
| 20 | ‘ I think we 're more relaxed when we play covers because we 're not so worried about them sounding good as when we 're doing our own songs , ’ says Gedge . |
| 21 | indecent , Not a bit We 're more rosy |
| 22 | They 're more or less accusing us of some kind of fraud . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 're more sort of , I do n't know , hurt . ’ |
| 24 | They 're more prepared to do the dishes or change nappies . |
| 25 | Nowadays we 're more likely to make a wish . |
| 26 | There are drum machines which allow more programming scope and greater flexibility — for instance Yamaha 's own RY30 and Roland 's R70 — but they 're more expensive and do n't have the RY10 's ‘ use anywhere ’ portability , nor its basic simplicity . |
| 27 | We 're more into pumping tunes that express some sort of emotion and intensity . |
| 28 | ‘ They 're more worried about job security than anything else , so they wo n't take risks . |
| 29 | There are drum machines which allow more programming scope and greater flexibility — for instance Yamaha 's own RY30 and Roland 's R70 — but they 're more expensive and do n't have the RY10 's ‘ use anywhere ’ portability , nor its basic simplicity . |
| 30 | Individually forged knives take longer to make , so they 're more expensive — but they 're more robust and better at cutting . |